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| Breaking: Kevin McCarthy Gets the Boot |
| 2023-10-03 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Republican becomes first House leader in American history to have his gavel taken away following stunning 216-210 rebellion led by Matt Gaetz. A motion to vacate the speaker's chair was adopted 216 to 210, with eight Republicans joining Democrats to boot the House leader. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 Does that mean Levin’s secret deal with Biden is off? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-10-03 21:24 |
| #5 I seem to recall Gaetz had a tangle with the Feds over an underage lady. One in which he tried to implicate Carlson in an akward interview moment. Seems someone made that go away. Makes me wonder who benefits. |
| Posted by: Jefe101 2023-10-03 21:18 |
| #4 Strip the mask off the UniParty. They were never Republicans but Liberals who moved into the party because the radical socialist took over their old one. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-10-03 18:30 |
| #3 Obviously, nothing was learned from the travails of Cantor, Boehner and Ryan. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-03 18:10 |
| #2 He obviously promised things he couldn't deliver to the far right of the party. he had to know that was going to be a problem down the road. Most of our problems in this country are that our politicians are venal, dishonest and only thinking about their own interests in the immediate term. Meanwhile, the left plays a long game. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-10-03 18:09 |
| #1 Wiki cite: Speaker pro tempore Under the current Rules of the House, the speaker is required to create a secret ordered list of members to temporarily serve as speaker of the House if the speakership became vacant,[20] and to provide the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives this list upon taking office.[21] The names are only revealed in the event of a vacancy (e.g., by the speaker's death, resignation, incapacitation, or removal from office).[20][22] This "succession list" procedure was created in 2003,[23] following the September 11, 2001 attacks, to promote continuity of government.[22] Rule I, clause 8 of the House Rules states the member whose name appears first on the list "shall act as Speaker pro tempore until the election of a Speaker or a Speaker pro tempore."[23][a] Following the removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker in October 2023 on a motion to vacate (the first time in history that a speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was successfully removed by the House), Patrick McHenry was revealed to be the first name on McCarthy's list, and became acting speaker.[23][22] The intent of the rule was for the speaker pro tempore to serve for a short period, until the House elected a new speaker, but the House rules set no specific limit on the length of time that a member may be speaker pro tempore.[23] |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-10-03 18:00 |